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BCH210 Week 4 Questions With Complete Solutions

Monosaccharide formula correct answer: (CH2O)n (n is 3 or more) Aldotriose correct answer: Also known as glyceraldehyde, simplest aldehyde monosaccharide (n = 3), has L and D isomer (centre carbon is chiral) Ketotriose correct answer: Also known as dihydroxyacetone, simplest ketone monosacc...

types of lipids (purpose) correct answer: storage, structural, and signalling fatty acid chemical structure and charge correct answer: - fatty part is the carbon chain - acid part is carboxyl group (-COOH) - negatively charged which conformations of saturated fatty acids are most stable? c...

agarose and agar correct answer: polysaccharides used to run DNA gels and for microbial plates bacterial cell walls correct answer: contain polysaccharides in their peptidoglycan layer lectins correct answer: are proteins that bind to sugars protein glycolsylation correct answer: assist...

Which AA likes to form alpha helix? correct answer: Glutamate Which AA likes to form beta sheet correct answer: Valine Which amino acids have aliphatic side chains? correct answer: alanine, glycine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, which amino acids have aliphatic hydroxyl side chains? corre...

Essential Membrane Functions correct answer: act as barrier regulate import and export of molecules compartmentalization of processes increases efficiency membrane properties correct answer: composed of lipid bilayer impermeable to polar molecules asymmetric membrane fluidity correct ans...

Name three factors responsible for membrane formation correct answer: Decrease in ionic interactions with water Decrease in membrane entropy Non-covalent interactions between lipids and proteins What membrane structures allow the cell membrane to modulate cell-cell recognition? correct answer:...

proteins correct answer: polymers of amino acids linked in a linear chain by peptide/amide bonds (polypeptides) polysaccharides correct answer: polymers of sugars (mono-saccharides) linked in linear and branched chains by glycosidic bonds DNA correct answer: polymers of nucleotides linked i...

sucrose correct answer: glucose + fructose with a glycosidic bond simple monosaccharide correct answer: formula: (CH2O)n -simplest carbohydrates -have an aldehyde or ketone group sugars with a aldehyde have a prefix aldo- sugars with a ketone group have a prefix keto- -if a ketose, the ket...

What does Rotenone and amytal do? correct answer: Inhibit electron flow from complex I to CoQ What does antimycin A do? correct answer: blocks complex III What does Cyanide, azide and Co do? correct answer: Inhibit complex IV what does oligomycin do? correct answer: inhibits ATP synthas...

Functions of biological membranes correct answer: - barrier (import/export) -compartmentalization of essential molecules (incrs. efficiency) - cell signaling-mediated by pr & lipids (receptors) - modulate cell-cell recognition (glycoproteins & glycolipids) What's responsible for membrane for...

What are the three types of membrane proteins? correct answer: 1) Peripheral 2) Integral 3) Lipid anchored What are peripheral membrane proteins? correct answer: - Adhere to surface of lipid membranes or integral membrane proteins through non-covalent interactions - Can be removed using mi...

Membranes (both outside and inside the cell) correct answer: Not a static structure, very important for cell function. They contain proteins that are very complex and vital to cell life. Mitochondria membranes correct answer: Very vital for the cell, has both an inner and outer membrane. Wha...

What are the different biochemical molecules of life? correct answer: - proteins = antibodies, receptors, transorters, hormones enzymes - lipids = fats, cholesterol, hormones - sugars = energy, cell structure - nucleic acids = DNA, RNA - small molecules= vitamines, metabolites - ions = K+, Na+...